Build Thread Enola- Finishing touches

[a91what]

So i got tired of looking at the out of stock on the fuel rails i wanted... I also decided it was best to buy a rail that was actually meant for my application. I bought the BBK fuel rails, they use pushlock fittings and hose but that is no issue really, I will save a ton of money being able to use a stock type regulator [kirban] i already have. I will also use the factory hardlines to feed the rails for now. Economically this makes the most sense right now, i just had to shell out a bunch of money buying supplies to fix my leaking roof. I got the leak fixed just in time to stop some serious damage from the tropical storm that just passed by, still have some pretty major damage to fix from a long term leak i didnt notice until it was too late... Ah the joys of home-ownership.
obligatory picture.

not sure how blue is gonna mesh with the color scheme but sometimes concessions must be made.

 

[General karthief]

I gots a can of black paint I'll give ya

 

[wiseguyk]

So i got tired of looking at the out of stock on the fuel rails i wanted... I also decided it was best to buy a rail that was actually meant for my application. I bought the BBK fuel rails, they use pushlock fittings and hose but that is no issue really, I will save a ton of money being able to use a stock type regulator [kirban] i already have. I will also use the factory hardlines to feed the rails for now. Economically this makes the most sense right now, i just had to shell out a bunch of money buying supplies to fix my leaking roof. I got the leak fixed just in time to stop some serious damage from the tropical storm that just passed by, still have some pretty major damage to fix from a long term leak i didnt notice until it was too late... Ah the joys of home-ownership.
obligatory picture.

not sure how blue is gonna mesh with the color scheme but sometimes concessions must be made.

Glad you were able to get the roof fixed in the nick of time! I was up in Tampa on Sunday and haven't seen rain that hard in a while!

I have those rails and feel the same about the blue color. It looks like some guys have had luck stripping the anodized coating off using brake clean, oven cleaner, or a cleaner with lye like draino. I don't have any other blue on my engine so if I could do it again I would have tried to strip it down to the aluminum...

Since you're a pro I know you'll already do this, but make sure you prime the fuel pump once you get the rails and lines installed. I skipped that (because why would a new part not just work? lol) and put the upper intake and everything back together to find I had a defective passenger side rail that leaked at the regulator plate no matter what I did. BBK handled the replacement but it took about a week of back and forth with them to finally get the replacement rail.

 

[a91what]

Not much to report, I worked on my roof it sucked. The sun is brutal working on a metal roof.
I painted things... and halfassed bolted them to the engine to take measurements.. I am planning a fabricated passenger side bracket to hold a tensioner that came off of something.... I got it when made that half baked bracket for the m90..... Anyway there will be another idle pulley as well, the alternator will act as a manual tensioner.


Let's see if I can make something that does not look like a kindergartner dreamed it up.

 

[a91what]

WTF happened to my picture

Whatever.

That is one really ugly ac compressor.... I may paint it just to make it look better. It no workie #placeholder (did I do the hashtag thing right? )

 

[General karthief]

Considering whom you got it from, did you expect anything other than ugly?
#ifitdontgochromeit

 

[a91what]

UPS says my rails should be here by end of day.

 

[a91what]

Well the fuel rails never showed up... that was a bummer, I did not let that stop me from getting something done. Since i need the fuel rails to work on the Inlet i moved on to building the bracket... such is life.

I was only able to get the bracket roughed in and mounted securely, it is in the correct plane measured from the crank pulley and verified with an angle finder..... I am pleased so far.

I did turn the alternator back to the up position, things fit better this way and it created symmetry.

In this picture It looks like a random piece of aluminum bolted to the engine.

You see the basic idea in this picture. The idler pulley will serve to create more belt wrap on the blower and AC compressor.




Both of these items still need to be mounted, I ran out of time tonight.... After the first bracket fiasco i am going with a measure twice cut once approach. If anyone was wondering that is a 1/2 thick piece of 6061 aluminum i am using ... It is 4 times thicker than the last bracket and will be securely fastened in 4 locations. The stud i am using on the alternator will not remain there i have a bolt that will [hopefully] flush mount. The big concern now is making sure the belt will not ride on any edges. lining pulleys up is soooo much easier on the engine stand.

 

[stanglx2002]

Where did you get said hunk of aluminum? If that bracket moves you have other issues

 

[a91what]

Where did you get said hunk of aluminum? If that bracket moves you have other issues

From the scrap bin at the metal works near me. It was damaged in shipping paid just over scrap prices for it!

 

[a91what]

Fuel rails came in, I dont think the front fitting is going to work.

It wants to be where the valve cover is

 

[General karthief]

Different valve covers? Will stock work better?

 

[a91what]

Different valve covers? Will stock work better?

Not sure, I will need them vented but I think i can drill them if need be... can you measure the height of one?

 

[General karthief]

2" to the top edge on the intake side, they have a step about 3/8" up then angle away from the rails.
you can come by and get those covers I got from you and see if they will work better for you.

 

[a91what]

2" to the top edge on the intake side, they have a step about 3/8" up then angle away from the rails.
you can come by and get those covers I got from you and see if they will work better for you.

I may come by just to hang out. Whatcha doing tomorrow I have 4 days off..

 

[General karthief]

Dry'n out the seats in the exxon valdez, yea, my sunroof leaked, drain holes plugged up, man I hate that, I usually keep up with it. Hit me up.
i'm also try'n to plot the garage plan.

 

[90sickfox]

Would one of these help ?

 

[a91what]

I'm not sure what type of threading they used on these rails, they do not seal with a teflon gasket so I assume they are tapped in NPT. I will need to do a bit of googling I wish I had known the driver side rail was capped with an o ring plug I dont understand why it was not tapped and a plug supplied....

 

[a91what]

I worked well past my bedtime... oops lol lost track of time. Still have some trimming to do on the bracket also need to go buy some bolts I just used what I had to do mockup.

 

[General karthief]

That is a busy belt